Originally Posted by Lockjaw

Are you just dead set on a Nissan product?
My two cousins and I all had Nissan Altimas of different years.
I had a 95 my cousins had a 97 and 98.
Everything was fine UNTIL the electrical gremlins started up. Towards the end I had to replace two alternators,the radio got fried some how,the electrical windows started to go out. My cousins then started to have some of the same problems. One of them started having major issues with her transmission as well.

My sister and her husband just bought an 04 Altima and it's already making little odd sounds.

So from my experience the Altima isn't the pick of the litter although my friend has an SE-R Sentra and he loves it.